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benefit of counsel |
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benefit of counsel n. having the opportunity to have an attorney and legal advice in any legal matter, but particularly while appearing in court. It may be important if someone makes an appearance or agrees to a contract without benefit of counsel, when a lawyer would be either essential or at least quite valuable. |
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He is appearing in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking a new trial on grounds that he had ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial. In the 1996 book entitled "Convicted By Juries, Exonerated by Science," the National Institute of Justice reported that innocent prisoners have been convicted based upon mistaken eyewitness testimony, false or coerced confessions, faulty forensics, prosecutorial misconduct, police misconduct, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Hunt, who will return to the stand today, was called as a witness to bolster claims that he should be granted a new trial because of ineffective assistance of counsel. |
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